Rear-seat windshield



V. E. CROSBY.

REAR SEAT WINDSHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. 1920.

Patented Aug. 9; 1921.

A T TOENE Y3 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REAR-SEAT WINDSHIELD.

Application filed May 29,

T 0 all 10 7mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, VERNON E. CnosnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rear-Seat lVindshields,of which the following-is a specification.

My invention relates to rear-seat windshields for automobiles. An object is to provide a device of this character which can be easily and expeditiously secured in place for service when desired to protect the, occupants of the rear seat from wind and rain and which can be quickly swung up out of the way so as to be practically invisible when it is not desired to use the same.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and the novel features embodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a view in perspective of a portion of an automobile with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of my wind shield. Fig. 3 is a View in section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view in section on the line H of Fi 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view in horizontal section.

' Referring to the construction shown in the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the back portion of the front seat of an automobile, the latter having the customary front windshield 12, top or canopy lt and bow 16. The how 16 is provided with a socket 18 at each side for receiving the ends of a rod 20. These sockets may be secured in place in any suitable manner, as by spot welding. In order that the rod may be inserted and held in place in the sockets springs 22 are placed in the sockets for engaging the ends of the rod, the latter when in place being preferably directly above the back portion of the front seat and serving as a means from which to suspend the wind-shield curtain. This curtain consists of flexible material such as fabrikoid or leather having openings to receive central panels 24 and side panels 26. These panels are of. transparent material such as glass or celluloid. The curtain at its top above the central panels 15 provided with a loop portion 28 through which the rod 20 passes and the curtain at its bottom below the central panels is provided with button-holes 30 adapted to be fastened Specification of Letters Patent.

. i l 3 71 w actin Patented Aug. 9, 1921. 1920. Serial No. 385,194.

over buttons 32 on the back of the front seat. The side panels 26 are carried by extensions 33 of the curtain provided at top and bottom with stiffening strips 34 and 36 and each extension at its top is provided with a button-hole 38 adapted to be fastened over buttons 40 carried by the top or canopy.

The operation and advantages of my windshield construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. Fig. 1 shows the device fastened in place for service. When it is not desired to use the wind-shield the button-holes 30 and 38 are unfastened from their buttons and the extensions are folded over upon the central portion of the curtain. The wind-shield is then held only by the rod 20 in hinge-like manner and may be swung backwardly and upwardly and then secured in any suitable manner to the top or canopy where it will be out of the way. When it is again desired to use the wind-shield the reverse operation is performed. In this manner the wind-shield may be easily and expeditiously secured in place when occasion for its use arises and at other times it is up out of the way, where it is practically invisible.

claim:

1. A rear seat wind-shield comprising a curtain containing transparent panels, a rod upon which the top of said curtain is swingingly supported, sockets supported at the sides of one of the canopy hows, the openings in said sockets being horizontally disposed for receiving the ends of said rod, springs in said sockets with which the ends of said rod engage, and means for securing said curtain at its bottom to the back of the front seat, said curtain when unfastened being adapted to be swung upwardly around said rod so as to be close to the canopy.

2. A rear seat wind-shield comprising a curtain containing transparent panels, a rod upon which the top of said curtain is swingingly supported, sockets supported at the sides of one of the canopy hows, the openings in said sockets being horizontally disposed for receiving the ends of said rod, means for securing said curtain at its bottom to the back of the front seat, extensions at the sides of said curtain containing transparent panels, said extensions being adapted to be folded upon the main portion of the curtain and said'main portion when unfastened being adapted to be swung upwardly around said rod together with said extensions, so that the entire curtain is close to the canopy.

3. A rear seat wind-shield comprising a curtain containing transparent panels, a rod upon which the top of said curtain is swingingly supported, sockets supported at the sides of one of the canopy bows, the openings in said sockets being horizontally disposed for receiving the ends of said rod, means for securing said curtain at its bottom to the back of the front seat, extensions at the sides of said curtain containing transparent panels, and means for securingsaid extensions in rearwardly inclined osition, said extensions when unfastene being adapted to be folded upon the main portion of the curtain, and said main portion when unfastened being adapted to be swung upwardly around said rod together with said extensions so that the entire'curtain is close to the canopy.

4. A rear seat Wind-shield comprising a A curtain containing transparent panels, a straight rod upon which the top of said curtain is swingingly supported,sockets supported at the sides of one of the canopy hows, the openings in said sockets being llOI'lzontally disposed for receiving the ends of said rod, springs in said sockets with which theends of said rod engage, means for securing said curtain at its bottom to the back of the front seat, extensions at the sides of said curtain containing transparent panels, and means for securing said extensions in reai'wardly inclined position, said extensions when unfastened being adapted to be folded upon the main portion of the curtain, and said main portion when unfastened being adapted to be swung upwardly around said rod together with sald extensions so that the entire curtain is close to the canopy.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

VERNON E1 CROSBY. 

